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48hr dark period before harvest: Yay? or Nay?

Kitties_and_Colas
Kitties_and_Colasstarted grow question 3 years ago
I always get mixed answeres on this,.some swear by it while other's say it does nothing.We tried it only once and found no notable difference..I'll leave this question open for a bit,i'm currious to hear some differing opinions and maybe a little science, ty guys❤️😻~Ms.Cats
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
It does nothing that can be confirmed as effective for all cannabis plants and grown in every condition. I do know however, that extended darkness will slow a plants metabolism to basically zero, and a zero active metabolism can not prevent THC from breaking down. As this is a rather stressful technique, I ask myself - why would anyone want to stress out their plant after weeks/months of careful growing and right before harvest?? It is also completely unnatural. Hope this helps, Organoman.
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SolitudeCorners
SolitudeCornersanswered grow question 3 years ago
yay fosho, for less Chlorophyll
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CanarianGrow92
CanarianGrow92answered grow question 3 years ago
Hola amigo, Yo hice esta prueba pero sigo igual que tú, realmente no noté diferencia ya que esta prueba la realice con un esqueje mientras que con otras no. Donde si pienso que influye es en la hora de cortar, en la noche nuestra planta suelta terpenos y demás asique lo bueno sería cortar cuando la planta estuvo las 12h de oscuridad, pero si cambia mucho despues de las 48h pues no sabria que decir, quizas mirando ya con maquinaria para realizar un test de THC y tener unos resultados químicos donde vemos que tiene un 2% mas de thc comparado con otras, pero hasta que no tenga algo asi pues no lo sé, tambien hay otra cosa curiosa, que es el cold water flush, realizando el lavado con agua casi helada para crear un estres, haciendo pensar a la planta que es invierno y de esta forma haciendole creer que necesita producir mas thc para protegerse, hay varios mitos así pero vamos...
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Mooncat
Mooncatanswered grow question 3 years ago
If i werent so lazy rn i would look up the Scientific Paper wich described the effect of a prolonged dark period right before harvest... They tested diffrent times with clones and control groups wich basically found out that you get an increase of thc levels but a fast decrease if you put them to long under darkness. If i remember correctly you get the most increase (up to 4-5%) of THC with a darkperiod of 48 Hours. So i stick to that until someone presents me with a better paper disproving this ACTUAL study 👻 Also the only counterargument ive heard so far is basically: ,,Well I myself didnt feel any diffrence dude so this must be bs...😩,, and yeah i know you smoked the dankest Kush and hardest Haze by now but unless your brain starts pumping out provable numbers i have a hard time just accepting your judgement...dont get me wrong but were in a foggy buisness here and clarity is scarce.👽 cheers😽
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 3 years ago
I have not had a noticeable difference. I've also tried putting ice around the base of the plant before harvest and noticed no difference. --- Were you wearing night vision and spying on my cat? On FLIR she looks demonic!
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